DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT

Global objectivesThe global objective of the assignment is to contribute to the creation of the IPARD Agency and of the related IPARD Plan

Specific objectivesThe project has the following specific objectives:

to prepare a detailed and comprehensive sub-sector studies for two sectors;

Milk and dairy

Meat production and meat processing

TYPE OF SERVICES PROVIDED

Two local experts (from a team of four) engaged in providing support for both meat sector and dairy sector.

The outputs delivered:

milk and diary sector study and

meat production and meat processing sector study

final report

For each of the sectors, the studies have the following structure:I. Background and Key FiguresII. Producers and Farmers (private sector development opportunities)III. Processing Industry (private sector development opportunities)IV. Market and TradeA. Generally, the existence of normal market outlets was assessed at the appropriate level in terms of: availability of products, consumption pattern and trade issuesB. Marketing chain: links between the primary producers and first and second processing stepsC. Marketing costV. Government Policy for the sectorVI. Level of attainment of EU standards especially in the areas of health, hygiene, food safety at farm and processing level,VII. Past Trends and Future Developments concerning the structure of the sectorVIII. Identification of training needs for the sector (including trade promotion aspects)IX. Identification at Sector-level("SWOT"-analysis based on the above factual assessment of the sector taking into account EU accession and the ultimate goal of preparing the sector for participation in the EU market respecting EU standards, building-up capacity to resist the resulting competition pressure)X. OutcomeA. Analysis of situation and identification of weakest links in the production and marketing chainB. Recommendation for development strategy of the sector at national and regional levelC. Where should investments take place?The sector analysis also toke specific regional private sector development needs into account